The Teen Brain and Substance Abuse
Why are prescription pain medications and heroin so addictive? How do these substances affect a young person’s brain chemistry and function? This video provides some answers in an understandable discussion led by Rush University Medical Center’s T. Celeste Napier, Ph. D., a leading researcher on brain biology and addiction. Bill Patrianakos, a recovering heroin and prescription pill addict describes the experience of becoming hooked on these deadly drugs, and provides insight into how a young person’s thinking, relationships and behavior are transformed by heroin and opiate abuse.
